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Through a screen darkly : popular culture, public diplomacy, and America's image abroad /

"What does the world admire most about America? Science, technology, higher education, consumer goods--but not, it seems, freedom and democracy. Indeed, these ideals are in global retreat, for reasons ranging from ill-conceived foreign policy to the financial crisis and the sophisticated propag...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bayles, Martha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Fun-House Mirror of Popular Culture
  • Prologue to Part One: Cultural Export--And Pushback
  • 1. The American Way of Sex
  • 2. Empire of Special Effects
  • 3. Television by the People, for the People?
  • 4. From Pop Idol to Vox Populi
  • Part II. Goodwill Hunting
  • Prologue to Part Two: The Lesson of Odysseus
  • 5. The Washington-Hollywood Pact
  • 6. "The World's Worst Propagandists"
  • 7. US International Broadcasting
  • 8. Bearers of Glad Tidings
  • 9. "Freedom's Just Another Word"
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index.